1968 big-8 Rushing Stats

Record: 44-39-0, .530 W-L% (5th of 12) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 9.90 (1st of 12), SOS: 8.87 (1st of 12)

Conference Champion: Kansas and Oklahoma

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 2 (Nebraska and Oklahoma)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma)

29 Players

Players sorted by Yds/Att (minimum 6.25 Att/G, 75% of school games played).

29 Players Table
				Rushing				Receiving				Scrimmage
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Donnie Shanklin	Kansas	10	122	772	6.3	8	4	65	16.3	1	126	837	6.6	9
2	John Riggins	Kansas	10	139	866	6.2	6					139	866	6.2	6
3	Tom Nigbur	Colorado	10	67	394	5.9	6	8	31	3.9	0	75	425	5.7	6
4	Joe Moore	Missouri	10	66	322	4.9	4	3	42	14.0	0	69	364	5.3	4
5	Steve Engel	Colorado	10	110	491	4.5	3	7	147	21.0	1	117	638	5.5	4
6	Ron McBride	Missouri	10	83	367	4.4	3	4	97	24.3	1	87	464	5.3	4
7	Mack Herron	Kansas State	10	71	309	4.4	3	38	592	15.6	4	109	901	8.3	7
8	Steve Owens	Oklahoma	10	357	1536	4.3	21	10	94	9.4	0	367	1630	4.4	21
9	Bob Anderson	Colorado	10	183	788	4.3	9					183	788	4.3	9
10	Greg Cook	Missouri	10	161	693	4.3	4	14	103	7.4	1	175	796	4.5	5
11	Jon Staggers	Missouri	10	94	385	4.1	4	19	171	9.0	0	113	556	4.9	4
12	Duane Porter	Oklahoma State	10	75	307	4.1	2					75	307	4.1	2
13	Terry McMillan	Missouri	10	90	357	4.0	4					90	357	4.0	4
14	Dick Davis	Nebraska	10	158	606	3.8	2	7	80	11.4	0	165	686	4.2	2
15	James Harrison	Missouri	10	85	319	3.8	7	3	49	16.3	1	88	368	4.2	8
16	Jock Johnson	Iowa State	10	75	287	3.8	1	7	59	8.4	0	82	346	4.2	1
17	Ward Walsh	Colorado	10	103	384	3.7	5	13	136	10.5	1	116	520	4.5	6
18	Wayne Hallmark	Oklahoma State	10	70	258	3.7	3	10	100	10.0	0	80	358	4.5	3
19	Joe Orduna	Nebraska	10	186	677	3.6	10	6	38	6.3	0	192	715	3.7	10
20	Larry Brown	Kansas State	10	111	402	3.6	1	13	110	8.5	0	124	512	4.1	1
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Ben King	Iowa State	10	124	437	3.5	2	9	108	12.0	1	133	545	4.1	3
22	Jack Reynolds	Oklahoma State	10	73	248	3.4	2					73	248	3.4	2
23	Bobby Douglass	Kansas	10	148	495	3.3	12					148	495	3.3	12
24	Bob Warmack	Oklahoma	10	103	266	2.6	5					103	266	2.6	5
25	Cornelius Davis	Kansas State	10	86	225	2.6	5	14	125	8.9	2	100	350	3.5	7
26	Bub Deerinwater	Oklahoma State	10	71	187	2.6	2	6	61	10.2	0	77	248	3.2	2
27	John Warder	Iowa State	10	151	355	2.4	3					151	355	2.4	3
28	Ronnie Johnson	Oklahoma State	10	127	166	1.3	8					127	166	1.3	8
29	Ernie Sigler	Nebraska	10	65	-67	-1.0	0					65	-67	-1.0	0

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